Dear Lawyer | Jikook ff

10 - Evidence (i)

As he had hurt his hand, Joshua Dale's life was greatly inconvenienced. Perhaps if he was by himself then he could have dealt with it alone. But he had a sister, Rosie Dale, whose health had yet to recover, thereby overstretching his capacity.

In order to prevent the human tragedy of both siblings starving to death in that old house, they were temporarily set up for the next couple of days at the hotel where Jimin and Jungkook were staying.

Joshua Dale was subject to many restrictions during the bail period, such as not being able to leave the city of residence however he pleased, and not being able to meet with victims and witnesses to prevent acting in collusion.

Even relatives of the victim, Mdm Kity Bell, such as the youth who had flung boiling water at them that day, were not allowed to meet him without authorisation.

However, the time that he could have with his lawyer was unrestricted.

Bang, bang, bang.

Jimin's room door shuddered.

With such a boorish way of knocking, it could only be Joshua Dale behind the door.

Jimin sat on the armchair by the window, resting his injured leg. His chin was propped on a hand, and his expression composed as he flipped through the case file.

He didn't even look up at the sound, and he said, "Come in."

His behaviour now was an exact facsimile of the way he used to act in the dean's office.

Seated across from him, Jungkook was answering an email. His eyes flicked over when he heard this.

Jimin turned another page before noticing the look in Jungkook's eyes.

"Is anything the matter?"

And right after saying this, he realised it himself. He laughed drily, picked up the remote control on the desk, and pressed the open button. He added a sentence of explanation, "I thought I was still in De Carma. I forgot that the hotel rooms here aren't voice-controlled."

Jungkook coolly took his gaze off him and continued replying to the emails on hand.

Professor Park secretly rejoiced that he was able to come up with a reasonable explanation.

"Why did you call me over?" Joshua Dale began to complain as soon as he stepped through the door, clutching his hair and saying angrily, "Are you going to ask me about what happened that night again?"

He didn't have high-tech gadgets like smart devices. Fortunately, there was an internal communication network between the hotel rooms, so Jimin could summon him for an 'interrogation' with a mere lift of his finger.

"What do you think? If not that, then what else could I be asking you?" Jimin put down the holographic paper he was holding.

"It's just one incident, but you have already went on the same questions eight hundred times over in the last two days." Joshua Dale was so reluctant that even his steps were much heavier.

"Come on, stop your last-ditch struggle. It's no use." The corners of Jimin's lips turned upwards. He patted the third chair, motioning for the boy to obediently sit down.

Asking Joshua about the incident and his movements at that time was what Jungkook had been doing throughout the last two days.

According to the legal code in the alliance, there must be a third party present when a criminal defence lawyer meets his client. There were no restrictions on the identity of this third party—it could be an assistant, an intern, or even a solicitor. The main intention behind this was to prevent some lawyers from using unscrupulous means to win the case.